DEALING WITH POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN LOCKDOWN

After more than six years without a job, Margaret Mbangatha* was ecstatic when she had the opportunity to finally work again – only to have the position snatched away not long after it had arrived.

The 35-year-old mother of one started working as a domestic worker in January, but, just three months later, she lost her job as the country went into lockdown to curb the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

“I was happy to have finally got a job after all the years of not working, but my joy did not last long and the situation kept getting worse, month after month, after